The fund aims to provide long term growth and is designed for investors who are looking for exposure to equity markets in the Far East. The fund invests predominantly in the shares of companies listed on the Far East stock markets and is actively managed by our investment team, who will select stocks to try to take advantage of opportunities they have identified. The value of investments within the fund can fall as well as rise and is not guaranteed – you may get back less than you pay in. The fund may use derivatives for the purposes of efficient portfolio management or to meet its investment objective if appropriate. The sterling value of overseas assets held in the fund may rise and fall as a result of exchange rate fluctuations.

?FE Risk Scores measure the riskiness of instruments relative to the FTSE 100 index of shares. Weekly volatility is measured over three years with recent behaviour counting more heavily than earlier behaviour. Cash-type investments will have scores close to zero. Funds will tend to have scores in the 0-150 range. The FTSE 100 is always scored at 100. There is no upper limit.

?Alpha is a measure of a fund's over- or under-performance by comparison to its benchmark. If the Alpha is 5, the fund has outperformed its benchmark by 5%; so the greater the Alpha, the greater the outperformance.

-0.85

Beta

?Beta estimates a fund's volatility by comparison to that of its benchmark. A fund with a beta close to 1 means that the fund will move generally in line with the benchmark. Higher than 1 and the fund is more volatile than the benchmark and vice versa.

0.98

Sharpe

?This commonly-used measure calculates the level of return over and above the return of a notional risk-free investment, such as cash. The difference in returns is then divided by the fund's volatility. The resulting ratio is an indication of the amount of excess return generated per unit of risk.

0.37

Volatility

?Volatility (or standard deviation), when applied to an investment fund, expresses its risk. It shows how widely a range of returns varied from the fund's average return over a particular period. For example, if a fund had an average return of 5%, and its volatility was 15, this would mean that the range of its returns over the period had swung between +20% and -10%.

13.55

Tracking error

?This measures the standard deviation of a fund's excess returns over the returns of an index or benchmark portfolio. As such, it can be an indication of 'riskiness' in the manager's investment style. A Tracking Error below 2 suggests a passive approach. At 3 and above the the manager will be deploying a more active investment style.

2.93

Information ratio

?This is a useful risk-adjusted measure of actively managed fund performance. It is calculated by deducting the returns of the fund's benchmark from the fund's overall returns, then dividing the result by its tracking error. The higher the Information Ratio the better. It is generally considered that a figure of 0.5 reflects a good performance, 0.75 very good, and 1.00 outstanding.

-0.35

R-Squared

?An indication of how closely correlated a fund is to an index or a benchmark. Values for R-Squared range between 0 and 1, with 0 indicating no correlation at all and 1 showing a perfect match. Values upwards of 0.7 suggest that the fund's behaviour is increasingly linked to its benchmark.

0.95

Price movement

52 week high387.7

52 week low257.4

Current bid price363.6

Current offer price382.8

Current mid price-

Region

1

Japan

41.6%

2

China

14.5%

3

Australia

12.2%

4

Korea

7.2%

5

Hong Kong

6.5%

6

Taiwan

6.2%

7

India

4.1%

8

Money Market

2.9%

9

Singapore

1.9%

Industry sector

No data available.

Asset type

1

Japanese Equities

41.6%

2

Chinese Equities

14.5%

3

Australian Equities

12.2%

4

South Korean Equities

7.2%

5

Hong Kong Equities

6.5%

6

Taiwanese Equities

6.2%

7

Indian Equities

4.1%

8

Money Market

2.9%

9

Singapore Equities

1.9%

Individual holdings

1

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO

3.2%

2

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING

2.6%

3

TOYOTA MOTOR CORP

2.4%

4

TENCENT HLDGS LIMITED

1.9%

5

ALIBABA GROUP HLDG LTD

1.7%

6

NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK

1.7%

7

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP

1.6%

8

WESTPAC BANKING CORP

1.6%

9

CHINA MOBILE LTD

1.5%

Management

Fund manager group

Standard Life Investments

Fund manager company

Standard Life Assurance Co

Fund type

Pension Fund

Fund objective

The fund aims to provide long term growth and is designed for investors who are looking for exposure to equity markets in the Far East. The fund invests predominantly in the shares of companies listed on the Far East stock markets and is actively managed by our investment team, who will select stocks to try to take advantage of opportunities they have identified. The value of investments within the fund can fall as well as rise and is not guaranteed – you may get back less than you pay in. The fund may use derivatives for the purposes of efficient portfolio management or to meet its investment objective if appropriate. The sterling value of overseas assets held in the fund may rise and fall as a result of exchange rate fluctuations.

Benchmark

ABI Asia Pacific Including Japan Equities Sector

Investment style

No data available.

Investment method

No data available.

Fund managers

Name

Since

Biography

Multi Asset Investing Team

31/03/2011

The Multi-Asset Investing (MAI) Team, is headed by Guy Stern and is responsible for a total of £158.5 bn from an asset allocation perspective as at 30 June 2016. We have considerable resource committed to the GARS product. This large and experienced team consists of three critical skill sets that are principally directed towards managing GARS, supported by a dedicated team of twelve Multi-Asset Investment Specialists.

Compliance

No data available.

Domicile

No data available.

Fund for sale in

United Kingdom

Stan Life Far East Pn 1 Ser B

Initial charge-

Annual charge0.13%

Min single investment£0

Min regular saving£0

Available in ISANo

Ongoing charge (OCF)-

Total expense ratio (TER)0.22%

Bid price-

Offer price-

Mid price192

CurrencyGBX

Price updated08/12/2016

Type-

Institutional or retail classRetail

Domicile-

Citi codeQ763

Stan Life Far East Pn S1

Initial charge-

Annual charge0.63%

Min single investment£0

Min regular saving£0

Available in ISANo

Ongoing charge (OCF)-

Total expense ratio (TER)0.71%

Bid price363.6

Offer price382.8

Mid price-

CurrencyGBX

Price updated08/12/2016

Type-

Institutional or retail classRetail

Domicile-

Citi codeST25

Stan Life Far East Pn S4

Initial charge-

Annual charge1%

Min single investment£0

Min regular saving£0

Available in ISANo

Ongoing charge (OCF)-

Total expense ratio (TER)1.09%

Bid price-

Offer price-

Mid price207.1

CurrencyGBX

Price updated08/12/2016

TypeAccumulation

Institutional or retail classRetail

Domicile-

Citi codeST36

Stan Life Far East Pn S8

Initial charge-

Annual charge0.63%

Min single investment£0

Min regular saving£0

Available in ISANo

Ongoing charge (OCF)-

Total expense ratio (TER)0.71%

Bid price-

Offer price-

Mid price302.0294

CurrencyGBX

Price updated08/12/2016

Type-

Institutional or retail classRetail

Domicile-

Citi codeXD46

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